Using my stash of yardage
01-25-2010, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
when you bought the fabrics, did you buy them in "sets" you thought would go together in one quilt? can you easily pull out two or three "colors" and at least one "background" that will all work together?
or are they mostly more random?
my mountain consists mostly of "colors" (good for the foreground pieces). not a lot of fabrics good for backgrounds. i also tend to forget the back of the quilt. so, when i shop my stash i have a hard time pulling out everything i need for one quilt.
if that's your problem, try modifying your resolution so that you only allow yourself to buy one or two new fabs to coordinate with those from your stash. don't buy anything, though, until you've settled on the pattern you want to use.
or are they mostly more random?
my mountain consists mostly of "colors" (good for the foreground pieces). not a lot of fabrics good for backgrounds. i also tend to forget the back of the quilt. so, when i shop my stash i have a hard time pulling out everything i need for one quilt.
if that's your problem, try modifying your resolution so that you only allow yourself to buy one or two new fabs to coordinate with those from your stash. don't buy anything, though, until you've settled on the pattern you want to use.
When I shop, I buy what speaks to me. I rarely have a pattern in mind, or a project or a gift.
I sometimes find myself drawn on any given day to a series, (one shopping trip I might be all over the color orange, for example). When I get home, I usually audition them with what I own, and if something gels, gather them together. And then, they stay together, and look pretty, and get petted and fondled on occasion.
Sometimes I even make a quilt from them!!!! :thumbup:
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